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poetry by Rahel; translated by Robert Friend
To My Country
I have not sung you, my country,
not brought glory to your name
with the great deeds of a hero
or the spoils a battle yields.
But on the shores of Jordan
my hands have planted a tree,
and my feet have made a pathway
through your fields.
Unexpected Feminist Poems, from the Hebrew
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poetry by Yehuda Amichai; translation by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld
My Son Was Drafted
poetry by Yehuda Amichai; translation by Chana Bloch and Chana Kronfeld
“Unborn”
from Leviticus Rabba 14:8; translated by Shirley Kaufman with Galit Hasan-Rokem
To My Country
poetry by Rahel; translated by Robert Friend